Richard Ayoade
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Richard Ayoade - in this foren, perhaps one of the most 'insubstantial' people of our age, takes us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of Nevada and other places we don't care about. It's a journey deep within, in a way that's respectful and non-invasive; a journey for which we will all pay a heavy price, even if you've waited for the smaller paperback edition. Ayoade argues for the canonisation of this brutal...
3) The bad guys
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after years of countless heists and being the world's most-wanted...
4) The souvenir
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
A shy but ambitious film student begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.
7) Submarine
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Quirky fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate plots to lose his virginity to his new girlfriend and save his parents' marriage when his mother's ex-boyfriend moves in next door.
9) The double
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a shy man meets his new co-worker, a man who looks exactly like him but has the opposite personality, his life is turned upside down and he struggles to keep his own identity.
12) The boxtrolls
Language
English
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
Author
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming audiobook for children and adults featuring everyone's favorite flying cryptid, brilliantly performed by much-loved British actor and comedian Richard Ayoade
Few have seen the West Virginia creature known as Mothman, but everyone agrees nothing good happens when he's around-there always seems to be an accident or some other mishap. Is he really an unlucky charm? Even he's unsure.
When Rudolph takes an unexpected vacation one foggy Christmas...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in the building's basement. Bitter slacker Roy, über-nerd Moss, and technically clueless Jen attend a night of theater, befriend a German cannibal, disrupt their boss' funeral, throw a dinner party, design the ultimate bra, and commit further acts of personal and professional irresponsibility.
Author
Series
Snuff Box volume 5
Language
English
Description
Tension brews in the strange world of the horrible hangmen as a beautiful woman causes all kinds of jealous feelings to rise to the fore – and Matt reverts to his devilish ways.
Author
Series
Snuff Box volume 4
Language
English
Description
Matt and Rich must decide where their loyalties lie when their two brothers pay an unwelcome visit to London and stir up trouble.
Author
Series
Snuff Box volume 6
Language
English
Description
Rich plans to tie the knot, finally escaping Matt’s clutches and ready to live a life of his own. However, his fellow hangman is determined to keep him in the gentleman’s club, whatever it takes.
Author
Series
Snuff Box volume 3
Language
English
Description
Matt is furious that Rich keeps ruining the punchlines of his jokes, especially as he keeps his friend supplied with whisky and women.
Author
Series
Snuff Box volume 1
Language
English
Description
The identity of Rich’s mother is a closely guarded secret, but Matt is determined to find out the truth for his own financial gain.